Sleep is a biologic necessity that sustains life and maintains health and wellbeing. When sleep is disrupted, meaning an abnormality in duration, timing, continuity, or quality, it threatens to negatively affect a myriad of biologic functions and deteriorates health. Critically ill adults in the ...
Over time, the cumulative effects of disrupted sleep can contribute to a negative self-image and deteriorating relationships, both personal and professional. The rightobstructive sleep apnea treatmentcan help reduce irritability and improve overall mood. Once you address the psychological repercussions of ...
Recent evidence indicates that disrupted sleep could contribute to the development of Alzheimer's disease (AD) by influencing the production and/or clearance of the amyloid│protein. Studies however are limited to acute, short‐term effects. Therefore, we investigated the association between long‐...
Growth hormone is secreted duringslow-wave sleep. In children, this kind of sleep is common in the early part of the night. However, if thisperiod of sleepis disrupted—either because a child isn't getting enough sleep or they have a condition likesleep apnea—it affects how much growth h...
found that nonrestorative sleep complaints were more strongly associated with elevated C-reactive protein levels compared to reported nocturnal sleep disruption [44], suggesting that subjective complaints were more robust predictors of this inflammatory marker than the patterns of disrupted or shortened ...
You know lack of sleep can make you grumpy and foggy. You may not know what it can do to your sex life, memory, health, looks, and ability to lose weight. Here are 10 surprising -- and serious -- effects of sleep loss.
To assess the effect of dexmedetomidine (DEX) on postoperative sleep quality using polysomnography (PSG) to identify possible interventions for postoperative sleep disturbances. An electronic search of PubMed/MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane Library and Web of
The results suggest a disrupted glymphatic-brain relationship in poor sleepers, which underlies memory decline. Our findings add important evidence that sleep quality affects cognitive health through the underlying neural relationships and the interplay between the glymphatic system and multimodal brain ...
She recalled a case of a Serbian patient suffering from an acute flare-up of a chronic skin condition. "The patient had red spots, small blisters, thickened skin, joint pain, and itching that disrupted her sleep," Yang said. After diagnosing the patient with damp-heat obstruction and liver...
morning. Teenagers show both delayed sleep and high levels of sleep deprivation because they are going to bed late but still having to get up early in the morning to go to school. These real biological effects have been largely ignored in terms of the time structure imposed upon teenagers at...